Marrying into a Cambodian family

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hayleyskye.hayz
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Thanks everyone really do appreciate the feedback 😊 and well of course I'm hoping he's not going to start beating me in a few years but there's we things that are deal breakers in a marriage regardless. I guess I've experienced the in law situation before (2nd marriage for me) & it was awful,there wasn't even a cultural barrier there either..... Well kinda, I'm decent & they were a-holes haha. I'm just a bit nervous to make a good impression and hopefully have a positive experience this time round re the in-laws.
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hayleyskye.hayz wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:47 pm Thanks everyone really do appreciate the feedback 😊 and well of course I'm hoping he's not going to start beating me in a few years but there's we things that are deal breakers in a marriage regardless. I guess I've experienced the in law situation before (2nd marriage for me) & it was awful,there wasn't even a cultural barrier there either..... Well kinda, I'm decent & they were a-holes haha. I'm just a bit nervous to make a good impression and hopefully have a positive experience this time round re the in-laws.
I guess I might add that Cambodians like to relax and take it easy a lot, and if you are relaxed they are probably more likely to be relaxed. Worrying and other negative emotions are often suppressed in Cambodian society, so maybe just find opportunities to chill out with them, even if conversation isn't a big thing. I just take it easy, make myself feel at home, or try to make them feel at home when they are at mine, and try to be funny. Cambodians love joking and laughing. From what you've said about your relationship with your husband I don't think you have too much to worry about. :) best of luck!
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One way to cultivate a mother-in-law is to ask her for a few Cambodian recipies that you would like to try cooking.
If she is willing to show you the one or two hours in the kitchen bonding works wonders.
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Indeed, food is always a good way to integrate. I must say, from what my friends tell me, Khmer mother-in-laws are quite neutral, if not positive.

The very phrase has a negative association in the west.
Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.
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